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Paid sick leave and employer leave rules by city

Some cities require private businesses to give paid sick leave or paid leave; most city codes only set leave and overtime for the city’s own staff. Each guide below covers a city ordinance that binds private employers, the state law that sits beside it, bereavement leave and overtime, and links every claim to the section on Corpus. General information, not legal or tax advice.

Cities with a leave law for private employers

  • Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago employers owe up to 40 hours of paid leave and 40 of paid sick leave a year. Who counts, small-employer payout, bereavement and overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles employers give up to 48 hours of paid sick leave a year, no payout at exit. Who counts, notice, plus California bereavement and overtime rules.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis employers owe sick and safe time: 1 hour per 30 worked, up to 48 a year. Who counts, funeral use, no payout at exit, and overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • New York City, New York

    NYC employers with 5+ employees owe 40 or 56 paid sick and safe hours a year; all owe 32 unpaid. Who counts, fines, bereavement and overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Oakland, California

    Oakland employers accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave per 30 worked, capped at 40 hours if under 10 workers. Who counts, notice, bereavement and overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • San Francisco, California

    San Francisco employers accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave per 30 worked, capped at 40 hours under 10 workers. Notice, penalties, bereavement, overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Seattle, Washington

    Seattle employers owe paid sick and safe time at 1 hour per 40 hours worked (1 per 30 for large employers). Tiers, notice, fines, bereavement, overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • St. Paul, Minnesota

    St. Paul employers owe sick and safe time: 1 hour per 30 worked, up to 48 a year. Who counts, funeral use, no payout at exit, and overtime.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

City employee rules are not private-employer rules

A city code often has its own personnel rules: funeral leave, overtime and holidays for the people the city employs. These sections are some that searches lead employers to. They govern the city’s workforce or its contractors, and they do not require a private business to give that leave or overtime.

  • Kansas City Code § 2-1101 (Funeral/bereavement leave): Regular city employees in the managerial, professional, supervisory or confidential group (up to three work days), and city employees covered by union agreements with the city.
  • Omaha Municipal Code § 23-523 (Funeral leave): The city's police management employees.
  • St. Louis Revised Code § 4.10.150 (Overtime): Positions in the Classified Service of the City of St. Louis, as the Department of Personnel determines.
  • Columbus City Codes § 3906.02 (Equal opportunity clause): A clause the city puts in its contracts, binding contractors, vendors and bidders that do business with the city.

Checked 2026-11-08 against each section’s text on Corpus.